UK Government Special Advisers 2016 Conservatives

List of special advisers to the Conservative government formed in July 2016 under prime minister Theresa May.

Number 10 Policy Unit

Prime minister: Theresa May

• Fiona Hill - PM's closest adviser, co-chief of staff
• Nick Timothy - Co-chief of staff
• James McLoughlin - Adviser on business relations
• Sheridan Westlake - Policy adviser
• Tim Smith - Head of political press
• John Godfrey - Director of policy
• Neil O'Brien - Policy adviser
• Alex Burghart - Policy unit lead on social justice
• Katie Perrior - Director of communications
• Richard Chew - Political adviser
• Georgia Berry - Policy unit lead on energy and climate change
• Nick Hargrave - Political adviser
• Jessica Cunliffe - Speech writer
• Lizzie Loudon - Press secretary
• Tom Swarbrick - Head of broadcast
• Denzil Davidson - EU adviser
• Will Tanner - Deputy head of policy
• Richard Jackson - Media operations manager
• Ben Mascall - Head of strategic communications
• Stephen Parkinson - Political secretary
• Alex Dawson - Political adviser
• Liz Sanderson - Head of features

HM Treasury

Chancellor of the exchequer: Philip Hammond

• Graham Hook -
• Hayden Allan -
• Duncan McCourt -
• Karen Ward -
• Poppy Trowbridge -

Home Office

Secretary of state: Amber Rudd

• Amy Fisher - (former SpAd to Caroline Spelman and then Chris Grayling, previously worked at Google and Policy Exchange)
• Mo Hussein - at Decc and then the Home Office from 2016
• Simon Glasson - July 2016, former junior SpAd in the treasury for George Osborne from 2015

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Secretary of state: Boris Johnson

• Ben Gasgoine - (former aide to Francis Maude, previously worked for Crosby Textor)
• Will Walden - (former BBC westminster news editor)
• David Blair - Chief speechwriter: former journalist for The Telegraph and the Financial Times.

Ministry of Defence

Secretary of state: Michael Fallon

• Ben Mascall -
• James Wild - : former lobbyist for UK firm Hanover Communications.

Ministry of Justice

Secretary of state: Liz Truss

• Ruth Porter -
• Tim Pitt - : worked for law firm Slaughter & May.

Department for Education

Secretary of state: Justine Greening

Department for Exiting the European Union

Secretary of state: David Davis

Department for International Trade

Secretary of state: Liam Fox

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Secretary of state: Greg Clark

Department of Health

Secretary of state: Jeremy Hunt

Department for Work and Pensions

Secretary of state: Damian Green

Department for Transport

Secretary of state: Chris Grayling

Department for Communities and Local Government

Secretary of state: Sajid Javid

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Secretary of state: David Lidington

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Secretary of state: Natalie Evans

Scotland Office

Secretary of state: David Mundell

Wales Office

Secretary of state: Alun Cairns

Northern Ireland Office

Secretary of state: James Brokenshire

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Secretary of state: Andrea Leadsom

Department for International Development

Secretary of state: Priti Patel

Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Secretary of state: Karen Bradley

Cabinet Office

Secretary of state: Patrick McLoughlin

Whips Office

Secretary of state: Gavin Williamson